Inland Lakes Elementary School will hold their annual Christmas program Tuesday, December 19, at 6 p.m. The event will be held in the elementary building’s multi-purpose room and will be open to the public at no charge. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. Seating will be at a premium, as space is limited, but there will be several other options to view the program. “We have a new technological twist that should aide in viewing the program, even from the farthest back seats. The show will be broadcast live, and archived, online through the efforts of Mr. (Nathan) Jacques’ video production class and the MSHAA network,” elementary principal Frank Holes, Jr. said. “Now, even family around the world can see this presentation.” According to Holes, they will also have DVDs made of the entire event, made available for order from families. Grades kindergarten through fourth will perform. The students can begin to be dropped off at their classrooms at 5:30 p.m. From 6-6:40 p.m., the kindergarten, first and third grade students will perform. At 6:45, there will be an intermission where parents can pick up their students, and the second and fourth grade students will be dropped off to their classrooms. From 7:15-7:40 p.m. the second and fourth grade students will perform. “Children will be singing songs for our audience,” Holes said. “We work for about a month on the songs and the audience can look forward to seeing some wonderful, excited kids sharing their love with their families.” For everyone’s safety, the school asks that the audience remain in their seats until dismissed at the end of their session. A walk through and dress rehearsal will be held Thursday, December 19 at 1 p.m., which the public is welcome to attend as well. According to Holes, to best facilitate parking, the school asks that parents of kindergarten, third and fourth grade students park in the front parking lot or old Central Office parking lot, accessing the building at the main doors. Parents of first and second grade students are asked to park in the back parking lot, or in the bus garage parking lot, accessing the building near the library. “This will get you in and our nearest your student’s classroom,” Holes said. Students will be staying in their assigned rooms until their performances and will return there afterwards, with no exceptions. Parents can sign out and pick up their students at the end of each half of the performance, checking them out only in their classrooms. Parent volunteers are welcome and encouraged. All volunteers need to do is contact their student’s teacher. Due to weather, the high school band and choir concert were cancelled. That concert has been rescheduled for January 10.